The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-14

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Sam Jones recently preached three scr
mons In Baltimore. The sermons we're
az usual, striking, the speaker also bring
ing his argument home by, apt illustra
tions and entertaining anecdotes. Some
Of his pithy sermons are here given: is.li
You can't make friends with God until
YOU are sorry enough Of your sins to quit
them. iti 'taQ sy d. A
II a man repsnts he don't haye to try to
believe; 1t comes OF itaelf. s.'.'il 7
God can't give you faith; you've got to
DO that yourself. God gives you sight,
but seeing Is your job. God gives you
taste, but DO you ever ask God to taste
ham and egga7 1 5sl55s
You may call this silly talk, but I'm
talking to eilly crowd. mr. z
Foolishnesa 10 what you rub on foolish
people. r. 49, .37sn'7- 'g''.'e 7725ffFs az
"A man once said to mo, s"Mr. Jones,
when you have converted the hypocrites
come and talk religion to- me. These
hypocrites are in my way" said "'they
Wouldn't, be in your way II they hadn't
got ahead Of you. Amt you ashamed to
let hypocrites get ahead Of you ?" 7
I've got more confidence in bread pills
administered by praying doctor that the
finest science given by an agnos!ic. t55 !,
/ understand why old Bob Invsrsoll ia
an intidel 1t pays him $500 night to deny
God, while be would not get $40 a night
lecturing that there Ia God, -
y l wouldn't give 10 cents dozen for
Christians who won't pray in public.
There are q thousand differences be.
tween US, but we are astonishing alike. M
When an engineer gets down from his
cab to oil his machinery notice that he
pours oil ont OF the same can upon all the
parts, great and small alike. And SO the
Great Engineer Of the universe pours the
oil OF grace from the great heavenly store.
house upon the great and small alike, and
makes 1t as easy for one pereon as another
to do right. II there ia any one here who
ia not what God intended you to be it's
because you won't give him chance. IL
| am getting sick and tired Of this cant,
"1t'a 80 hard for, me to do right" You're
good for nothing, that's what's the matter
with you. !sgg 5; : II a.
s. I know it's heap easier to be gentle
man than q vagabond. I've tried both.
"You whitened sepulchre," as used by
Christ, means in nineteenth century par
lance "You whitewashed rascals." ~
8 There is difference between a man
washed white aud q whitewaehed man.
!Christs blood washes white. But when
a man is whitewashed 1t scales off and
leaves spots, and in damp weather it gets
brown. Some people have got three coats
OF whitewash on and yet it keeps scaling
of. III X; : 5TEE'GT'5I3lI7@
There Is difference between rest and
resting. A resting is sitting down; q
rested man is up and doing something.
The first thing that Christ gives to a man
is rest, and then he wants to ba doing.
Blessed be they who give, and blessed
be those who DO not give, Tor If they are
blessed they will give. II ,'',s. fi<
The last step, the last thought on earth,
means goodbye to the last opportunity.
God speed the day when the church
will kick out every man within It's borders
who deals in futures. The church and the
preacher who depends upon such sort Of
people belongs to the devil from hat to
heels. 55557t 81 iS5.s7 sF.4g4'5. .5$l a
Brother, II you are not afraid OF God you
will have good reason to fear every corner
Of the fence. p 4 lg. ~
God does not care Tor present events ;
he looks out for final results. Il "a
III make my bones ache dancing tho
pigeon wing II 1t will help me to Heaven.
The curse Of all the churches in this
country ia that they have got thousands OF
members who have never been convicted
Of sin, much lees converted to God. Il
Whenever anything is wrong quit it,
and quit it short of. "A good many want
to taper OF in sin. They taper off gener.
ally to the big end. 4. 3; ;, 5zS55.t
The sooner you die, the. sooner you'll
get to heaven il you've been good man
No man is going to growl on getting into
heaven ahead Of time. C.. 4: h E.$
Don't consider yourself safe till yon gel
there. "a, 81. RI 'ss' /.
Heaven is just on the other side OF where
q fellow has done his level beat. The
man who thinks he's safe, and lies bach
on Ais oars loses heaven right there. n,
II ever fall I'll get up and run right
on; and If l can't run I'll do some tai
crawling. ~ b; (. 81 IA 4 a
You take Baptist water, Methodist FIRE
and Presbyterian "hold on to what you've
got," and you've got sight. 5 iS =
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